Balance Quote by Paul Ryan

Mr. Obama's choices show how fundamentally unserious he is about deficit reduction and spending restraint.

— Monica Crowley

It's disappointing that President Obama - who ran for office in 2008 saying he was going to be a fiscally responsible president - has…

— Raul Labrador

Obama is not only obstructing budget reform; it's almost as if he is trying to make matters worse.

— David Limbaugh

With its record spending and deficits, the Obama administration has shown little interest in taking fiscal responsibility. That is a mistake.

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

President Obama has ignored or dismissed proposals that would address our anti-competitive tax code and unsustainable trajectory of federal debt - including his own…

— Glenn Hubbard

The President didn't offer any clarity in his latest speech about what he would do to tackle our nation's debt before it tackles us…

— Paul Ryan

President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending…

— William J. Clinton

It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester or the…

— Mitch McConnell

We're for the balanced budget amendment and yet the budget we're going to introduce, that we're going to repeal Obamacare with never balances.

— Rand Paul

From the day he took office, President Obama has been open to any good idea when it comes to the budget, as long as…

— Dan Pfeiffer

Obama hasn't passed a budget in four years, he's a wuss. Obama has rejected the recommendation of his own Simpson-Bowles, on a budget package,…

— John Sununu

When Mr. Obama entered office, he said all the right things about getting Washington spending under control. He even promised to cut the deficit…

— Pete Hegseth